Asian Games: Aditi Swami claims bronze in Archery compound women's individual event

India’s Aditi Gopichand Swami won bronze by beating Indonesian Raith Fadhly 146-140 in the archery women’s individual compound event to give India its 40th bronze at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Thursday.

Hangzhou: India’s Aditi Gopichand Swami won bronze by beating Indonesian Raith Fadhly 146-140 in the archery women’s individual compound event to give India its 40th bronze at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Saturday.

The 17-year-old outplayed Indonesia's Raith Zilizati Fadhly in a one-sided match of women's compound individual bronze play-off to win a record ninth archery medal for India at the Asian Games, here on Saturday.

Aditi Swami, who bagged the World Championship title in Berlin two months ago, dropped four points but that did not matter much as she won 146-140. This is India's record ninth medal in archery, the country's best-ever performance at the Asian Games. In the Incheon edition in 2014, India won one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal.

Aditi dominated the game from the very first set while the Indonesian trailed and eventually fell out of medal contention. Aditi maintained consistency and scored 29 points in the first three sets. In the fourth game, she bagged 30 points and followed it up with a score of 29 in the last set.

Meanwhile, rising Indian archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam secured the gold medal in the compound archery women's individual event, defeating South Korea's Chaewon by a margin of 149-145.

India is well poised to cruise past the 100-medal mark and is currently fourth in the standings with 99 medals comprising 24 gold, 35 silver, and 40 bronze.